Isn’t it a bit funny that women who’ve spent decades crawling towards equality are now being slurred as women who make their dissatisfaction known? Who question authority? | OPINION by bairdjulia
One of the weird things about being a mother is witnessing the casual sexism of the schoolyard – and how it can somehow become a marker of your own uncoolness when you snort at it.
When I type the word Karen into a search engine, the first definition is: “Karen is a mocking slang for an entitled, obnoxious, middle-aged white woman.” In the illustration alongside, Karen has no face: simply a blonde bob with these words written on her face: “Can I speak to the manager?”Yeah, I get that this type of character is annoying. I get that white entitlement deserves to be repeatedly lampooned, punctured, eroded.
My Millennial colleagues tell me there is a “spectrum of Karens” and not all complaints are Karen-ish, but a woman who has been ignored in the workplace, and pawed in the streets may not take kindly to being ripped off in a shop either. It can take years for some women to find their voice. To be able to calmly challenge authority, to be comfortable expressing a righteous anger, to protest piggish behaviour and poor treatment, to desire power to shape their lives.
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